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package org.apache.lucene.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/** Abstraction for loading resources (streams, files, and classes). */
public interface ResourceLoader {

  /** Opens a named resource */
  InputStream openResource(String resource) throws IOException;

  /** Finds class of the name and expected type */
  <T> Class<? extends T> findClass(String cname, Class<T> expectedType);

  /** Creates an instance of the name and expected type */
  // TODO: fix exception handling
  default <T> T newInstance(String cname, Class<T> expectedType) {
    Class<? extends T> clazz = findClass(cname, expectedType);
    try {
      return clazz.getConstructor().newInstance();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Cannot create instance: " + cname, e);
    }
  }
}
